Six-member panel ran government after Ike illness
New York AP report cites Sherman Adams saying a six man unofficial committee governed for two months after President Eisenhower’s heart attack in 1955. The group included Nixon Dulles Brownell Humphrey and Wilton Persons. Adams notes no power grab and that normal government functions continued.
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Sherman Adams
Adams
Richard M. Nixon
John Foster Dulles
Herbert Brownell
Treasury
George Humphrey
Wilton Persons
Eisen
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Eichmann Charged With Lidice Child Murders In Trial
AP report from Jerusalem details Adolf Eichmann facing murder charges over the Lidice atrocity. Documents trace how Czech patriots killed Heydrich, Nazi reprisals razed Lidice, and 88 children were sent to Lodz with 81 vanishing and likely dying in Polish death camps. Eichmann claimed he forgot the case, later saying his department handled transport. Krumey's Lodz evidence to be reviewed. Eichmann to be interrogated in Germany by Israeli and decounsel representatives.
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Adolf Eichmann
Lidice
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Gestapo
Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
Lodz
Hermann Krumey
Auschwitz
Krumey
Germany
Frankfurt
Robert Servatius
West Germany cleared to build eight destroyers
London AP reports West Germany, with Western European Union approval, may build eight destroyers of up to 6000 tons with missile launchers. The limit doubles the prior 4000 ton cap and also allows supply ships and port protection mines up to 6000 tons. The move reflects NATO defense plans to prevent Soviet fleet access from the Baltic to the Atlantic.
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West Germany
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Baltic
Atlantic
Elm Tree Evaporates Up To Fifty Barrels Of Water
On a hot summer day as many as fifty barrels of water may be evaporated from the surface of the leaves of a large elm tree. The observation notes the tree’s high transpiration rate under heat conditions and the potential impact on local humidity.
VEW Post 3809 Receives Citation for Service
Wil liam Melampy post quartermaster was presented a citation for outstanding service by post Commander Charles Elam at a meeting held at post headquarters 4323 Dixie Highway. Members plan to join the Memorial Day parade and will conduct their annual Poppy Day sale in Middletown on June 9 and 10. The post auxiliary will hold a birthday covered dish supper at post headquarters Friday at 6 p.m.
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Charles Elam
Dixie Highway
Middletown
Post
Post Headquarters
Falcon tops Mobilgas Economy Run with 32.6 mpg
Under test conditions, a Falcon with standard shift achieved 32.6 miles per gallon, the best gas mileage in the 25 year history of the Run, with another Falcon at 31.6 mpg close behind. Expert drivers competed to win.
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